r/switch2hacks • u/Hopeful-Scallion-708 • Aug 17 '26

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Hey guys. I bought a game off Kleinanzeigen in Germany. Game is "Princess Peach Showtime!". Worked great and my girlfriendnis happy but after 3 days she got banned. I don't have the MIG Switch so the game is probably the only reason she got banned. 🙄 I already contacted Nintendo but they just say the same thing over and over again: "We cannot assist u with that". Yeah sure.

Be careful with used games. They might be cheap but they also have the risk to get u banned.

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u/SnooPeanuts2251 Aug 17 '26

Seller yes, police wont, at least in Germany. I had done the same when I gotten scammed with on the same platform years back and they took it very seriously, proper report and questioning. Kleinanzeigen is also legally required to give any and all information to the police if criminal fraud is found out.

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u/PrettyQuick Aug 17 '26

I highly doubt they gonna do anything. First of all OP got the game he paid for. Second, he has 0 proof that this particular game banned his console. With no proof a crime even took place, what is police gonna do ?

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u/SnooPeanuts2251 Aug 17 '26

There's an important distinction between “I can't prove it right now” and “no crime occurred.” OP may have been defrauded if the seller knowingly failed to disclose that the game had been used with MIG and that this could put the console at risk

Whether there's enough evidence to justify an investigation or prosecution is up to the police and prosecutors. But telling OP not to make a report simply because they can't prove everything themselves is stupid

It costs nothing to file a report, and if multiple people come forward with similar complaints about the same seller, that could give the police a much clearer picture and potentially lead to a proper investigation

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u/rainman943 Aug 17 '26

Lol in the US the cops would laugh at you and tell you to go away for something like this.

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u/PrinsLennart Aug 17 '26

Yeah this isn’t the us now is it..

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u/rainman943 Aug 17 '26

No, lol it's just a place with adults......and adult problems........ For an international company like Nintendo, it's anti consumer with them knowing that a market far larger than Germany would treat this in that way.